Viaggi e geografia

The Soul of London: A Survey of the Modern City

Ford Madox Hueffer [Ford Madox Ford] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Alston Rivers, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exploration of the growth of London from English writer Ford Madox Hueffer. First edition. Part history, part personal reminiscence, in this work Ford explores the variety of the London city scene...

A Frenchman&Apos;S London

Paul Morand; Desmond Flower [translator] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce guide to London from French author Paul Morand. First edition. A very scarce work. Having studied at Oxford University, in both 1913 and 1939, Morand was appointed cultura...

A Statistical Vindication of the City of London; or, Fallacies Exploded and Figures Explained

Benjamin Scott · 1867 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1867. Cloth. A scarce second edition defending the City of London after the 1866 banking panic, featuring five fold-out statistical plates. Bound in a red cloth binding with blind stamping, a signed binding by W. Bone and Son, London....

Camera Pictures of Malta

F. & M. Weston · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Published by the Authors, c1925. Cloth. An uncommon collection of original photographs of the beautiful country of Malta from F. and M. Weston. Uncommon work. Illustrated with one hundred and fifty photographs across eight-four pages. Collated complete. A delightful co...

The Thames Valley

John Buchan · 2006 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Wolvercote , The Atlantis Press, 2006 . Paperback. A superb copy of this very scarce limited edition run of John Buchan's preface to "The Thames Valley", published by The Atlantis Press and complete with the folding map. Limited edition. Number 31 out of 100 copies printe...

A Pilgrimage in Surrey

James S. Ogilvy · 1914 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, George Routledge & Sons Limited, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of James S. Ogilvie's two volume illustrated topographical study of the county of Surrey, and its various towns and villages. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Illustrated with ni...

An Englishman in Paris

[Albert Dresden Vandam] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1892. Leather. The fourth edition of this popular account of life in France during the reign of Louis-Phillippe and the Second Empire, published only two months after the first edition. The fourth edition, of which one thousand five hundred c...

Three Volumes on England from Dorothy Hartley

Dorothy Hartley · 1943 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd; Macdonald, 1943-1979. First edition. Cloth. Three smart volumes on England and its topography from English social historian Dorothy Hartley, with illustrations. Three volumes. Written by Dorothy Rosaman Hartley was an English social historian, illus...

The African Colony: Studies in the Reconstruction

John Buchan · 1903 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first edition of Buchan's study into the options for reconstruction in South Africa after the Second Boer War. A first edition.Illustrated with two folding colour map...

Delicious Food for India: A Hostess&Apos;S Notebook

Marie Edwards · 1935 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Calcutta; London, Thacker, Spink & Co; Thacker & Co Ltd, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Marie Edward's guide to hosting in colonial India, aiming to combine British culinary traditions with local Indian ingredients. The first edition of this ...

Remarks on the Present System of Road Making

John Loudon McAdam · 1822 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, 1822 . Hardback. The fifth edition of John Loudon McAdam's influential guide to road construction, in which he presents his method of laying crushed stone or gravel in layers, which are then compacted by traffic. The fifth ed...

Glimpses of Our Ancestors in Sussex

Charles Fleet · 1878 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Brighton; Lewes, W. J. Smith; Francombe & Co, 1878-83. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first and second series of Charles Fleet's exploration of Sussex, both volumes signed by the author. The first edition.Both volumes are signed by the author. The first se...

A Peep Into the Past": Brighton in 1744-61

John George Bishop · 1895 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Brighton, J. G. Bishop, 1895 . Cloth. A charming and fascinating study of the history of Brighton, and its rapid development in the middle of the 18th century. First published in 1880, this is a late 19th century edition of this local history that traces the transformation of ...

Eric Whelpton&Apos;S Gastronomic Guide to Unknown France

Eric Whelpton · 1966 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Johnson, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition guide to 1960s French dining, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A delightful guide to mostly inexpensive options f...

Sketch of the History of Glasgow

James Pagan · 1847 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Glasgow, Robert Stuart & Co, 1847. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce history of Glasgow by James Pagan, an illustrated work bound by Ramage. The first edition.A scarce work.Bound by Ramage.Illustrated with an engraved title page, one folding map, and twe...

Midland Counties&Apos; Railway Companion

1840 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Nottingham; Leicester, R. Allen; E. Allen, 1840. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce guide to the places one could visit by railway in the Midlands, the first edition of this illustrated work. A very scarce work.The first edition.A guide to the Midland counties of England, a "...

The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa

David Livingstone; Horace Waller · 1880 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray, 1880 . First edition. Leather. The collected final journals of explorer David Livingstone, edited by his close friend, and illustrated with plates and folding maps. The tenth thousand of this work.Complete in two volumes, bound in one. In a full calf signe...

The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster & Portfolio of Fragments Relative to the History and Antiquities, Topography and Genealogies of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster

Edward Baines; John Harland [editor]; Brooke Herford; Matthew Gregson · 1868 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1868-1870. Cloth. Three volumes on the history of Lancaster, a city in Lancashire, England, with illustrations and maps. Three volumes. This set contains: The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, 1868-1870. Complete in two vol...

Hampshire

Rev. Telford Varley · 1909 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this colourfully illustrated work on the county of Hampshire. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seventy-four colour plates, and a folding map. Collated complete. A charming ...

Cornwall and Its Coasts

Alphonse Esquiros [Henri-Francois-Alphonse Esquiros] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first English language edition of this guide to Cornwall from French writer Alphonse Esquiros. A very scarce first edition.Esquiros authored a five volume account of his time spent living in England titled...